On the corner of diverse/reverse globalization: the third stage of global 'urban studies'

Books reviewed in this article: Peter Marcuse and Ronald van Kempen (eds.) 2000:, Globalizing Cities: A New Spatial Order? Peter Marcuse and Ronald van Kempen (eds.) 2002:, Of States and Cities: The Partitioning of Urban Space.     

Book reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Peter Hall and David Soskice, Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage David N.F. Bell, Alessandro Gaj, Robert A. Hart, Olaf Hübler and Wolfgang Schwerdt, Unpaid Work in the Workplace: a Comparison of Germany and the UK Peter Auer (ed.), Changing Labour Markets in Europe. The Role of Institutions and Policies Harriet Bradley, Mark Erickson, Carol Stephenson and Steve Williams, Myths at Work     

Shorter reviews

Danzinger, Sheldon and Gottschalk, Peter America unequal Dandaneau, Steven P. A town abandoned: Flint, Michigan, confront deindustrialization Hannigan, John Environmental sociology, a social constructionist perspective Harrison, Malcolm L. Housing ‘race’, social policy and empowerment     

Bookshelf 2001

Books Reviewed: Peter Auer, Employment revival in Europe. Labour market success in Austria, Denmark, Ireland and the Netherlands Franz Traxler, Sabine Blaschke and Bernhard Kittel, National Labour Relations in Internationalised Markets: A Comparative Study of Institutions, Change, and Performance Richard Whittington and Michael Mayer, The European Corporation: Strategy, Structure, and Social Science Bernard Casey and Michael Gold, Social Partnership and Economic Performance: The Case of Europe Düsseldorf: Hans‐Böckler Foundation, The South East Europe Review for Labour and Social Affairs     

Book Reviews

Sanford M. Jacoby, Modern Manors: Welfare Capitalism since the New Deal Peter Ackers, Chris Smith and Paul Smith (eds), The New Workplace and Trade Unionism: Critical Perspectives in Work and Organization Raymond Markey and Jacques Monat (eds), Innovation and Employee Participation Through Works Councils—International Case Studies A. Goldsmith, D. Nickson, D. Sloan and R. Wood, Human Resource Management for Hospital Services Frank Burchill, Labour Relations. Second Edition     

Book reviews

Books reviewed: Jeremy Waddington and Reiner Hoffmann (eds), Trade Unions in Europe. Facing Challenges and Searching Solutions World Labour Report 2000: Income Security and Social Protection in a Changing World Peter Stalker, Workers Without Frontiers: The Impact of Globalization on International Migration     

From Transnationalism to the Emergence of a New Transnational Research Field

Sallie Westwood and Annie Phizacklea Trans‐nationalism and the politics of belonging Michael Peter Smith Transnational urbanism: locating globalization Ludger Pries (ed.) New transnational social spaces: international migration and transnational companies in the early twenty‐first century     

Book reviews

Books reviewed: Jill C. Humphrey. Towards a Politics of the Rainbow Brendan Burchell, David Lapido and Frank Wilkinson (eds). Job Insecurity and Work Intensification Peter Ackers and Adrian Wilkinson (eds). Understanding Work and Employment: Industrial Relations in Transition     

Bookshelf 2003

Books reviewed: Wolfgang Lecher, Bernhard Nagel and Hans‐Wolfgang Platzer. The Establishment of European Works Councils: From information committee to social actor. Wolfgang Lecher, Hans‐Wolfgang Platzer, Stefan Rüb and Klaus‐Peter Weiner. European Works Councils: Developments, types and networking. Wolfgang Lecher, Hans‐Wolfgang Platzer, Stefan Rüb and Klaus‐Peter Weiner. European Works Councils: Negotiated Europeanisation. Between statutory framework and social dynamic. Gregor Murray, Jacques Bélanger, Anthony Giles and Paul‐André Lapointe (eds). Work and Employment Relations in the High‐Performance Workplace. Bob Hancké. Large Firms and Institutional Change: Industrial Renewal and Economic Restructuring in France. Daryl D’Art and Thomas Turner (eds). Irish Employment Relations in the New Economy. Margaret Linehan, Michael J. Morley and James S. Walsh. International Human Resource Management and Expatriate Transfers: Irish Experiences.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Michael Sorkin and Sharon Zukin (eds) After the World Trade Center. Rethinking New York City Deepak Narang Sawhney (ed.) Unmasking L.A.: third worlds and the city Francesco lo Piccolo and Huw Thomas (eds) Knights and castles — minorities and urban regeneration Peter Roberts and Hugh Sykes (eds) Urban regeneration: a handbook Leslie M. Harris In the shadow of slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626–1863 John Doling and Janet Ford (eds) Globalisation and home ownership: experiences in eight member states of the European Union William J. Mitchell ME++, the cyborg self and the networked city Bob Jessop The future of the capitalist state     

Christian economics at the origin

The New Testament contained copious information on how Jesus and the Apostles managed their households and personal finances. Christian economics originated in references made by Jesus, Paul, and Peter to oikonomia. Peter in Jerusalem introduced the incipient practice of Christian oikonomia through dispensing welfare, and Christians in Rome unfolded oikonomia when they acquired the catacombs. The funding and owning of built structures transformed Christianity from a private collective to a corporate institution. Constantine the Great marked this transition when he designated the recipient of a substantial endowment as the Corpus Christianorum. A trajectory that began in New Testament oikonomia concluded when Christianity had become an institutional actor in the economic sphere.     

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION

Books reviewed in this article: Ralph Bryant, Dale Henderson, Gerald Holtham, Peter Hooper, Steven Symansky (eds) (1988) Empirical Macroeconomics for Interdependent Economies Marcello De Cecco and Alberto Giovannini (eds) (1989) A European Central Bank? Ralph Bryant, David Currie, Jacob Frenkel, Paul Masson and Richard Portes (eds) (1989), Macroeconomic Policies in an Interdependent World Richard Cooper, Barry Eichengreen, Gerald Holtham, Robert Putnam and Randall Henning (1989) Can Nations Agree?     

Shorter reviews

Crush, Jonathan and James Wilmot (eds.) Crossing boundaries: mine migrancy in a democratic South Africa Smith, Michael Peter (ed.) Marginal spaces: comparative urban and community research, volume 5 Harrington, J.W. and B. Wharf Industrial location: principles, practice and policy King, Desmond Separate and unequal. Black Americans and the US Federal government     

The Innovative City in History

Book reviewed in this article: Peter Hall, Cities in civilization. Culture, innovation, and urban order     

BOOK REVIEWS

THE BUSINESS EXECUTIVE Executive Compensation in Large Industrial Corporations. By Wilbur G. Llewellen The Exceptional Executive: A Psychological Conception. By Harry Levinson Management Science in Action. By William T. Morris Man-in-Organization: Essays of F. J. Roethlisberger. By F. J. Roethlisberger INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Trade Unions and Industrial Relations. By N. Robertson and J. L. Thomas Shop Stewards in British Industry. By J. F. B. Goodman and T. G. Whittingham Productivity Agreements and Wage Systems. By D. T. B. North and G. L. Buckingham Industrial Relations and the Personnel Specialists. By Peter Anthony and Anne Crichton Incentive Payment Systems. By R. Marriott A National Minimum Wage: An Inquiry. Department of Employment and Productivity Is Britain Really Strike Prone? By H. A. Turner MANAGEMENT Management and Macbiavelli. By Antony Jay The History of Management Thought. By Claude S. George , Jr Modern Industrial Management. By S. Benjamin Prasad The Effective Executive. By Peter Drucker Is Scientific Management Possible? By Joe Kelly Pattern for Success. By Walter Wingo MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING Organizational Necessities and Individual Needs. By R. J. Hacon Skills Analysis Training. By W. Douglas Seymour Training and Work. A Study in Employment Attitudes. By L. R. Parker Assessment Through Interviewing. By George Shouksmith Leaving School and Starting Work. By Ethel Venables PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Industrial Relations. The Role of the Trade Unions. By J. E. Mortimer The Manager's Guide to Industrial Relations. By L. F. Neal and Andrew Robertson The Theory and Practice of Personnel Management. By Maurice W. Cuming Personnel: A Behavioral Approach to Administration. By Leon C. Megginson PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT Manufacturing Management: A Quantitative Approach. By Robert A. Olsen . The Management of Production, 2nd Edition. By J. D. Radford and D. B. Richardson     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Castells, Manuel and Hall, Peter 1994: Technopoles of the world: the making of 21st century industrial complexes. Blanke, B. (ed.) 1991: Staat und Stadt. Systematische, vergleichende und problemorientierte Analysen ‘dezentraler’ Politik. Politische Vierteljahresschritt, special issue 22. Vale, Lawrence J. 1992: Architecture, power, and national identity.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Anderson Jeffrey J. 1992: The territorial imperative: pluralism, corporatism and economic crisis. Dossal, Mariam 1991: Imperial designs and Indian realities: the planning of Bombay City 1845–1875. Hamel, Pierre 1991: Action collective et démocratie locale: les mouvements urbains Montréalais. Könen, Ralf 1990: Wohnungsnot und Obdachlosigkeit im Sozialstaat. Lundqvist, Lennart J. 1991: Dislodging the welfare state? Housing and privatization in four European nations. Lundqvist, Lennart J. (ed.) 1991: Policy, organization, tenure. A comparative history of housing in small welfare states. Marsden, Terry, Philip Lowe and Sarah Whatmore (eds) 1992: Labour and locality: uneven development and the rural labour process. Taylor-Gooby, Peter 1991: Social change, social welfare and social science.     

Book reviews

The Capitalist Revolution: Fifty Propositions about Prosperity, Equality, and Liberty Peter Berger Conflict at Work P. K. Edwards i The Politics of De-Industrialisation The Contraction of the West European Shipbuilding Industry Bo Stråth Croom Helm Sociology, Work and Industry Tony J. Watson Routledge and Kegan Paul Coal on the Market: Can British Coal Survive Privatisation? The Politics of PrivatisationKate Ascher Macmillan Education     

SHORTER REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Bale, John 1993: Sport, space and the city Birchall, J. (ed.) 1992: Housing policy in the 1990s. Cross, Malcolm (ed.) 1992: Ethnic minorities and industrial change in Europe and North America. King, R. (ed.) 1993: Mass migration in Europe: the legacy and the future. Townroe, Peter and Ron Martin (eds) 1992. Regional development in the 1990s: the British Isles in transition.     

BOOK REVIEWS

COMMUNICATIONS The Art of Communication. By A. C. Leyton The Speech Writing Guide. By James J. Welsh A Manager's Guide to Speaking and Listening. By J. Campbell Connelly Impromptu Speaking. By Vera Gough , Second Edition Towards Efficiency in Reading. G. Wainwright How to Use the Case Study in Training for Decision Making. By David R. Willings Case Studies in Marketing Finance and Control. By Michael Ivens and Frank Broadway CHURCH MANAGEMENT Ministry and Management. By Peter F. Rudge ECONOMICS Investments for Capacity Expansion: Size, Location and Time Phasing. Studies in the Economic Development of India. By Alan S. Manne Mathematical Reasoning in Economics and Management Science: Twelve Topics. By J. C. G. Boot Price Policies and Practices. A. Source Book of Readings. By Donald F. Mulvihill and Stephen Paranka INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY Industrial Democracy: The Sociology of Participation By Paul Blumberg Industrial Democracy and Industrial Management. By Eric Rhenman INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Industrial Relations, Comparative Aspects with particular reference to Ireland. By George F. Daly Labour Management Relations in India. By K. N. Subramanian Personnel Management in Context. By Anne Crichton Social Services in British Industry. By A. F. Young Trade Unions. By Allan Flanders INDUSTRIAL SECURITY Design for Security. By Richard J. Healy RACE RELATIONS Immigrants in Industry. By Sheila Patterson The Coloured Worker in British Industry, By Peter L. Wright RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Innovation for Profit Uncertainty in Research Management and New Product Development. Edited by Raymond M. Hainer , Sherman Kingsbury and David B. Gleicher Handbook of Industrial Research Management. Edited by Carl Heyel , 2nd Edition SOCIOLOGY The Affluent Worker: Industrial Attitudes and Behaviour. I. By John H. Goldthorpe , David Lockwood , Frank Bechnofer , Jennifer Platt The Affluent Worker: Political Attitudes and Behaviour. 2. By John H. Goldthorpe , David Lockwood , Frank Bechnofer , Jennifer Platt The Sociology of Industry. By S. R. Parker , R. K. Brown , J. Child M. A. Smith STATISTICS Calculus for Students of Business and Management. By Bevan K. Youse and Ashford W. Stalnaker Mathematics for Accountants and Managers. By R. F. J. Dewhurst Introducing Statistics: Statistics for the social scientist, Vol. 1. By K. A. Yeomans Applied Statistics: Statistics for the social scientist. Vol. 2. By K. A. Yeomans